Author Archive: Retro

Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and his pal Jeff (Dave O’Brien) help their friend Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) escape from jail, and the trio heads for Paradise Valley, where they find the Paradise Land Development Company, ran by Matt Brawley (Glenn Strange) and Jack Saunders (Charles King), is somewhat less than honest in their dealings with the homesteaders. They devise a plan to cause a split between Brawley and Saunders.

In the second of the four Cinecolor “Red Ryder” films PRODUCED by Equity Pictures and released and DISTRIBUTED by Eagle Lion Films (USA), Red Ryder finds two silver conchas, the trademark of bandit El Conejo, at a raided ranch. He reports the raid to Marshal Bill Faugh but tells him that he suspects that El Conejo, a Robin hood type character, is being framed. El Conejo shows up at the saloon and accuses Ace Hanlon, the owner, of framing him. Red prevents El Conejo from killing Hanlon, and says he will deliver him to the Marshal. On the way, El Conejo’s men captures Red and is about to be executed, but the bandit, ever the sport, gives Red a chance to defend himself. Red beats El Conejo to the draw, without shooting him, and then, since he is innocent, convinces him he will be better off in jail. Red, his friends Buckskin Blodgett and Little [...]

Railroad workers and former confederate soldiers are harrassed by Indians whose land is being encroached upon. Keene plays a Reb who is trying to convince his best girl’s Yank dad that he’s a worthy son-in-law. Dir. Lynn Shores

A prospector is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang, who hope to find the murdered man’s goldmine. The miner’s dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, recognizes the killers, who thereafter seek to use the dog to locate the lost mine. With the help of a government agent and a young girl, Rinty saves the mine and brings the bad guys to justice.

Brothers Tim and Jack are Rangers after Blackie Miller. When Tim learns Jack broke one of Miller’s men out of jail, he doesn’t report it but has him resign. Later when the bank is robbed, Tim gives chase and catches Jack with the loot. Protecting Jack again, he poses as the robber and goes to prison. Quickly pardoned he catches up with Jack and when Miller’s men attack, Jack gets a chance to repay him.

Undercover agent must rely on his only witness to catch the perpetrators of murder and stagecoach robbery: his dog Rannah. Based on a story by James Oliver Curwood. Dir. Bernard B. Ray

A railroad employee finds out the identity of “The Wrecker”, a criminal who is deliberately causing trains to crash. However, before he can disclose the crook’s name, he is shot and killed. A passenger aboard the train volunteers to go after the killer and bring “The Wrecker” to justice.

An orphaned baby in the middle of the California Gold Rush finds adventure by teaming up with a group of miners and gamblers. Dir. Irvin Willat